Sicilian Easter Pie

Name: Sicilian Easter Pie
Prep time: 6 h 30 min
Cook time: 6 h 30 min
Total time: 6 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter; 4 egg whites; 1 egg yolk; 3 egg yolks; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 315 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps orange flower water; 2 Tbsps grated orange zest; 59 milliliters raisins; 237 milliliters ricotta cheese; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 473 milliliters water; 237 milliliters uncooked white rice; 79 milliliters white sugar

Sicilian Easter Pie is It is perfect for Easter. If you have vanillan extract, egg whites, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 6 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil.

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Water

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Oven

Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

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Rice

Remove from heat and set aside.

Place raisins in a small saucepan and cover with boiling water. Cook over low heat or 10 minutes.

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Raisins

Water

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Remove from heat, drain and set aside.

To Make Dough: In a medium bowl, cream butter and 1/3 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in 1 egg yolk. Stir in flour until mixture forms a ball. Wrap with plastic and let rest in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

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Egg Yolk

Butter

Cream

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Wrap

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Bowl

In a medium saucepan, combine cooked rice, milk, orange zest and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring frequently, until mixture is creamy and thick.

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Cooked Rice

Orange Zest

Sugar

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat.

Mix in ricotta cheese, 3 egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar, cooked raisins and cinnamon. Stir in vanilla and orange flower water.

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Orange Flower Water

Ricotta Cheese

Egg Yolk

Cinnamon

Raisins

Vanilla

Sugar

In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain.

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Egg Whites

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Mixing Bowl

Roll out 3/4 of the pastry dough into an 11 inch circle and line the bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan.

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Pastry Dough

Roll

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Springform Pan

Pour filling into dough.

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Dough

Roll out remaining 1/4 of the dough into a 10 inch circle and cut into lattice strips. Criss-cross the strips over the filling. Seal the lattice strips to the bottom pastry.

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Dough

Roll

Bake in preheated oven for an hour, or until pastry is golden brown. Cool at room temperature for about 5 hours.

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